Watch Night, also known as Freedom’s Eve, is a sacred New Year’s Eve tradition in Black communities rooted in Christian worship and remembrance of Dec. 31, 1862, when enslaved and free African ...

The public is invited to Peterboro, in Madison County, on Wednesday for a New Year’s Eve event commemorating the issuing of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Events run ...

Less than a year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, while our nascent nation was still in the throes of the Civil War, two industrious Philadelphians devised a plan ...

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday. Also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day, ...

"We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, celebrated this New Year’s Day, offers not only the remembrance of one of ...

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham ...

The International African American Museum will host several events Wednesday and Thursday to commemorate Emancipation Day.

The Emancipation Proclamation celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. But not everyone knows the real story behind the document. Host Michel Martin speaks with historian Lonnie Bunch, about what ...

The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum  will exhibit a facsimile of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a gift ...

Antoine Fuqua's escaped slave drama will be released in select theaters Dec. 2, followed by a global streaming debut on Apple TV+ on Dec. 9. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital The Hollywood ...